Combined resilient bearing and transmission



July .17, 1923. 11,462.35

B. F. SEYMOUR COMBINED RESILIENT BEARING AND TRANSMISSION Filed Dec. 3; 1919 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 e R. q QM a y a 3% w R Q "a w iwsm F 1 a Q 5 I'wewr:

July 17, 1923.

B. F. SEYMOUR COMBINED RESIL'IENT BEARI NG'AND TRANSMISSION 2 Sheets-'Shet 2 Filed Dec.- 5, 1919 Bearingsv and exact description of the invention,

Patente July 17, 1923.

BENJAMIN F. SEYMOUR, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

COMBINED RESILIENT BEARING AND TRAlN'SMISSION.

Application filed December 3, 191 SerialNo. 342,285.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ,BENJAMIN F. SEY- Monma citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and ful' Improvements in Combined Resilient and Transmissions; and I do here by declare the following to be a full, clean,

suc as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to resilient transmissions and bearings, more. particularly for vehicle combinations and arrangements of elements hereinafter described and particularly set resilient qualities forth in the accompanying claims.

The purpose of the invention isto provide a flexible or resilient transmission between a driving and a driven element adapted to positively transmit the driving force'whether said elements are in or out of concentric re; ,lation; and one WlllCl'l Wlll readily accommodate itself under all normal working conditions to which said elements may be subjected. V

A further purpose of the invention is to provid a combined, resilient transmission and bearing for a vehicle wheel to the end that such a wheel may possess the desired and'also give the necessary transmission medium between the wheel proper and the motive power of the vehicle.

The construction shown herein is proposed or other embodiment of th types of combined resilient transmission plications for tuition wherein,

and bearing disclosed in my co-pending ap- United States patents hear,- ing the Serial Nos. 302,415, 302,416, 310,970, 322,327, 330,374, 336,632, 342,283 3113342334, and dated respectively June 7 1919; June 7, 1919.; July 15, 1919; Sept. 9, 1919; Oct. 13, 1919; Nov. 8, 1919; Dec. 3, 1919; and Dec.

The arrangement shown herein is further characterized in that and co-operable cone elements are provided for the driving and driven element to the end of obtaining equal and uniformly distributed pressure under all working conditions, whereby to obtaln maximum efficiency.

and ease of operation.

The invention is shown by way of illusin the accompanying drawings side plates, wheels, and consists in the side plates 5 and 6 are is splined Y shaped recesses uniformly distributed.

on the disc 18. The rim .17, elements 16 V 2 1, all co-operating to effect Figure'I is a central sectional view showing the application of thedevice to a vehicle wheel,

Figure 2, a side elevational view thereof, Figure 3, an enlarged detail view, partly in section, of the transmitting and bearing elements per se, and

Figured is a similar View thereof taken at rightangles to Figure 3.

Referring to the construction in further detail and wherein like reference characters designate corresponding parts the construction consists of a hub portion formed of two or housing members 5 and 6 which are disposed against the rim portion 9 of the wheel, as shown. The two hub members or side plates 5 and 6 are secured to the wheel rim by theseries of pairs of bolts 10 screwed into threaded sleeves 11 that serve as spacing elements and'which are located within the spaces, or chambers 12 formed in the rim portion 9 as indicated. It will be understood, of course, that said spaces 12 are provided to allow the Wheel rim to have limited radial movement with the wheel. p The two secured to the hub e. g, by the several respect to the axis 13 of by any suitablemeans, bolts 5 and 6' as shown.

The resilient transmission and bearing device per se consists of an inner rim portion 14 keyed to the ring 30 of the rim portion 9 and provided with a plurality of cylindrical shaped apertures adapted to receive and hold therein the several pins or bolts 15 whose respective ends 16 are cone-shaped and enter complementary formed recesses on the inner portion 17 of the side plate 6, and similar recesses formed in the flange or disc portion 18 of a collar or sleeve 19 that to have axial movement on the hub portion 20 as shown. Anoverlying or reinforcing plate-21 is secured to said side plate portion 17'and is formed with cone- 22 immediately overlying the corresponding recesses of the plate 17.

The inner edge portion 23 of the rim part 1 1 is beveled and adapted to cooperate with the angular face or cone portion 24 formedtherefore acts with a triple cam action, to wit, elements 16 and and 18, and elements 23 and a combined resilient bearing and transmission between the hub and rim portions of the wheel.

The disc portion 18 of the collar 19 is held in close contaet with the several pins 15 of the rim 14 by the spring 25, and through the tension of this spring the several cone elementsare held in co-operative relation and underthe required tension.

An adjustable collar 26, screw-threade on the hub portion 20, serves for regulating the tension on'said spring and the removable closure plate 27. readily permits of access for adjusting 'said collar 26 as will be understood. I Itwill thereforebe seen from the foregoing that any motion or shoekjof the shaft oraxle willtransmit alike movement to the '15 'Wheel'hub through thefmedium of the to acting cones, and that such transmission Will be flexible or resilient innatu're. And it will be furthers'een that any jarring motion imparted to the wheel will be resiliently ,taken up by the eo-operating cone elements together with the spring. 7

The invention is not to be understood as being limited to the details of constructionherein shown and described, as these may be varied widelv'without departing from the spirit offthe invention. 1 Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as newis:

' ,1, In a combined resilient transmission tion of a hub portion, a wheel rim mounted and bearing for vehicle wheels the combina- ,iiiO have limited radial movement thereon, a plurality of members havingwedge elements mounted on the wheel rim, fixed and movable wedge elements on the hub co-operable with said rim wedge elements, and resilient means normally holding said wedge elements and bearing for vehicle wheels the combinationofa hub portion, a wheel rim mount- .ll d to have limited radial'movement thereon,

a plurality ofmembers having wedge ele ments mounted on the wheel rim, and axially I movable therein, fixed and movable wedge elements on the hub co-operable with said :rim wedge elements, and resilient means a plurality of members having wedge e1 ments on their respective ends carried by the inner rim portion and axially movable therea in, fixed and movable wedge elements mounted f on the hub and co-operable withothe wedge elements of said vaxially movable members, and resilient means normally hold-' 'ing said wedge elements in co-operative relatiomfsubstantially asset forth.

, 4;. In a combined resilient transmission andbearing' for vehicle Wheels the combi- V I perative relation, substantially as set forthQ a 2. In a combined resilienttransmission nation of a hub portion, awheel rim mount ed to have limited radial movement thereon, a plurality of members carried by the inner rim portion and axially, movable therein, said axially movable members having cone -portions on' -their respective ends; cone elements formed on the hub portion co-oper'able with the coneends of said axially movable members on one'side of the wheel, a disc axially movable on the hub and having cone elements co-operable with the'cone ends of said members on the opposite si'd'e of the wheel, and resilient means normally holding said cone elements in co ope'rative relation,

substantially as set forth. H

P 5. In a combined resili'enttransmission and bearing for vehicle Wheels the combinationof' a hub portion, awheel rim mounted to have limited radial'movement thereon, a plurality of axially movable wedge elements mounted on the wheel rim,'.wedge elements onthe'hub'co-operable with said axially movable wedge elements, means hold ing said wedge elements in co -operative relation, and supplemental and "co -operative wedge elements between saidmeansiand the v wheel rim,*substantially as set forth.

t3. In' a combined resilient transmission and bearing for vehicle wheels the combination of a hub portionfa wheel rim mounted tohave limited radial'movement thereon, a' plurality of axially movable wedge elements mounted'on the wheel" rim, wedge ele [ments on the hub co-o erable' 'with said axially movable Wedge e e'ments, a springtensioned disc holding saidwedge elements in oo-operative relation," and co-operative wedge elements formed 'onsaid disc and the wheel rim, respectively, substantiallyas set forth.

7. In a combined: resilient transmission and bearing for vehicle wheels the combination of a hub portion, a wheelirim mounted to "have limited radial'mov'ement thereon, a plurality of axially movable members mounted on'the wheelrim, said members having done elements on their respective ends; cone elements on the hub co-operable with the cone ends of said members on one side of the wheel, a disoaxially movable on'the hub and having cone elements co-operablefwith said axially movable cone elements on the oppovsite side of the wheel, co -operable wedge elements formed on said rim portion anddisc respectively, and resilient means normally holding said cone andwedgeelements in cooperative relation, substantially as set forth.

8, In a combined resilient transmission "and bearing for vehiele wheelsfthecombination of a hub "portion having" side plates, a

wheel rim mounted to-have limited radial movement betw'eemthe"sidefplates'; a plurality of axially movable members carried by the inner rim portion, eaeliof said movable members having cone-shaped ends; cone measles elements formed on one of the side plates formed with co-operable wedge elements; and oo-operable with the cone ends of said and resilient means normally holding said movable members on one side of the wheel, a cone and wedge elements in co-operative re- 10 disc axially movable on the hub and having lation, substantially as set forth.

5 cone elements co-operable with the cone ends In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

of said movable members on the opposite side of the wheel; said disc and rim portion BEN JN F. SEYMOUR. 

